Just a little update on what's happening and why I've been too busy to write proper blog posts or any more stories!

Screenplay

I have now finished the first draft of my screenplay and have left it in the hands of my mentor, Abby Chandler. Stokes Croft Writers have now finished reading it (although it was in chunks over a period of time), and my script group will be finishing it shortly. Once I've got comments back from everyone I will run over it again as many times as needed (hopefully not too many times!). It's been amazing how it's grown from my original idea, the characters almost taking off on their own accord! Izzy, the main character, and her mother Sue have quite a volatile relationship, yet they need each other, and I really feel as if I've shared their journey. I do sometimes feel like they are real people!

I'll be starting to think about what I can do with it when I've finished...it's going to take some balls people to want to make it as it might stir up a bit of fuss. It's set in the Tibetan region of the Himalayas and does feature the Tibetan 'issue' in it, which may people think is now over, but it's far from it. In fact it's getting worse - people are imprisoned for merely having a Tibetan flag or a picture of the Dalai Lama.

If you want to learn more about what's happening in Tibet, check out:

http://freetibet.org/

Stokes Croft Writers/Talking Tales

The writing group are flying high!

Christie was shortlisted for the Magic Oxygen Prize and took a trip to Lyme Regis to eat some very good soup at their book launch. With her she took Andy - our new group member! We like him. He has a beard. BEARD is good.

Our storytelling night (Talking Tales) is likely to be in April - date TBC. We have a fancy new logo thanks to Steph (left).

I'm Tweeting like a mo-fo at the moment trying to get SCW known in the social media world so please follows us - @SCWriting - thanks!

A new food blog

It's been in the making for a while, but it's nearly ready to go. I wanted a recipe blog, but I also wanted it to be a discussion about our food journeys and philosophies, but also with a body positive, activist edge...So watch this space, it's coming soon!